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An Episcopal seminary found a solution to its fiscal woes. Then 7 bishops intervened.

By Bob Smietana — April 12, 2024

(RNS) — A group of seven New York-area bishops have objected to a long-term lease for General Episcopal Seminary, saying the lessee, a Catholic school, has a donor that does not support rights for gay, transgender and queer people.

Far-right pastor Doug Wilson meets with local critics in Idaho

By Tracy Simmons — April 12, 2024

MOSCOW, Idaho (FaVS News) — More than 100 people attended the forum, which was held on the University of Idaho campus and organized by the student group Collegiate Reformed Fellowship.

Mormonism is still growing, but slowly

By Jana Riess — April 12, 2024

(RNS) — There’s something for everyone to cheer — or boo — in the most recent data on the LDS church.

How OJ Simpson changed the male-only way I talk, think and pray about God

By Joshua Hammerman — April 12, 2024

(RNS) — OJ’s violence toward his wife convinced me to pursue a more gender-balanced liturgy.

Photos of the Week: Eid al-Fitr; LDS General Conference

By Kit Doyle — April 12, 2024

(RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan, the twice-annual LDS General Conference and more.

In Northern Ireland, a long-awaited gurdwara opens with a wedding

By Trisha Mukherjee — April 12, 2024

LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland (RNS) — Derry’s growing population of Sikhs have been meeting in living rooms and kitchens since a fire destroyed one of only two gurdwaras in the country.

A bus carrying pilgrims crashes in southwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring 16

By Associated Press — April 12, 2024

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) —The driver lost control of the bus in Las Bela district, just 25 kilometers from the shrine the pilgrims were heading to.

Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing

By DÉbora Rey — April 12, 2024

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) —The court said the attack came in retaliation for Argentina reneging on a nuclear cooperation deal with Tehran.

13 men plead not guilty to role in Brooklyn synagogue tunnel scuffle

By Jake Offenhartz — April 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — The defendants, many of them international students from Israel, appeared in Brooklyn court Wednesday on charges of reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and obstruction of governmental administration.

Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of self-imposed exile amid political dispute

By Abby Sewell — April 12, 2024

BAGHDAD (AP) —Cardinal Louis Sako was welcomed warmly by a church packed with members of the country’s Christian minority as he led his first mass in Baghdad on Friday after returning the day before.

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